Former President Donald Trump recently backtracked on staying at his hotel in Chicago during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee as reporters caught wind of his plans via Mediaite.
The former President grabbed the headlines last week with several wild comments during a closed-door meeting with Republican members of Congress including calling Milwaukee a “horrible city.”
It is noted that Wisconsin’s most populous city will play host to the GOP’s convention, where Trump is set to officially become the party’s presidential nominee and publicly announce his vice presidential pick, on July 15 through 18.
Several Wisconsin Republicans attempted to walk back Trump’s comments and insist he was talking about crime. However, they ended up mostly just confirming he had made the comment and extending the news cycle.
This latest development seems likely to extend the shelf life of Trump’s “horrible city” comment a bit longer.
As per ABC7, Chicago’s ABC news affiliate, three separate sources stated that Trump had plans of staying in the Windy City during the RNC, at his Trump International Hotel about 90 miles away from the convention venue at the Fiserv Forum.
Chicago had been “preparing for weeks” to have Trump stay at his hotel and travel to Milwaukee each day of the convention, ABC7 was told by the sources, which included a “high-ranking law enforcement” official.
As several observers noted, staying at his own property allows Trump to not just have a familiar setting but also profit from his Secret Service detail having to pay for hotel rooms there.
He has a hotel in Chicago. If he stays there, he can personally profit from the USSS having to stay there.
If he stayed in Milwaukee, some random hotelier not named Trump would get that money, and who wants that. https://t.co/SSBJ7ltJQs
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) June 18, 2024
